The Arthur Haynes Show
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After working with Charlie Chester on a number of series for BBC Radio, Arthur Haynes became a huge comedy star on ITV from the late 1950s. In 1962, he also returned to radio.
Famed for playing a tramp, Arthur always played men of the street who hit red tape and must fight their way out.
His long-running co-star Nicholas Parsons played Arthur’s long-suffering straight man - long before the arrival of Just A Minute. Their running comic battles proved hugely popular – but were sadly cut short when Arthur suffered a heart attack and died aged just 52 in 1966.
In the first of a fresh run of surviving episodes, Arthur’s tramp character latches on to a young, pliable vicar (Parsons) and is soon making himself far too at home in the vicarage – including abusing the larder.
The vicar tries his best to deal with his new visitor, but his suggestion of getting a job only make matters worse. And then it's loan time – followed by the arrival of the all tramp's friends…
Music by the Temperance Seven with vocalist Whispering Paul McDowall
- 22nd October 1962 (27.5Mb)
- 29th October 1962 (26.6Mb)
- 19th November 1962 (26.3Mb)
- 26th November 1962 (26.6Mb)
- 3rd December 1962 (27.5Mb)
- 10th December 1962 (30.2Mb)
- 14th January 1963 (27.9Mb)
- 23rd June 1963 (27.7Mb)
- 30th June 1963 (25.1Mb)
- 7th July 1963 (25.9Mb)
- 21st July 1963 (26.9Mb)
- 28th July 1963 (24.7Mb)
- 4th August 1963 (25.3Mb)
- 11th August 1963 (23.1Mb)
- 18th August 1963 (25.4Mb)
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